What's behind fox news breakup with Donald Trump?

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What's behind fox news breakup with Donald Trump?

By News Hound Ellen at Crooks and Liars

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/08/what-s-behind-fox-news-breakup-donald

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As we’ve repeatedly noted, Fox News has been one of Donald Trump’s biggest cheerleaders, even as uber boss Rupert Murdoch decried him. So why did Fox target Trump in last night’s debate? I think there’s only one answer: self-interest.

Roger Ailes biographer Gabriel Sherman has some interesting deets on what happened:


It was a breakup days in the making. Over the past week, Ailes and his executives had been strategizing about how to deal with Trump. The prospect that the Donald could hijack the debate presented programming and political perils for both Ailes and his star anchors. What if Trump started insulting his GOP rivals onstage? Or broke the debate rules? During a meeting at Fox late last week, according to a source, senior Fox executives discussed a more worrisome scenario: What would happen if Trump won over the audience and moved the crowd to boo moderators Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, and Chris Wallace on live television? What if Trump was able to direct his base of supporters to stop watching Fox? To prevent that from happening, Ailes needed a way to keep the audience firmly on the side of his moderators.

Fox’s goal of throwing Trump off his game was crystal clear in the very first question, when moderator Bret Baier asked for a show of hands of those "unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the Republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person?” Of course, Baier knew that Trump has threatened to run as a third-party candidate. Even more striking than the question was how Baier lectured Trump, Republican-to-Republican, after he raised his hand.



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[Heather MC]

1. They can't control Trump, that's the only likable thing about Trump

He is an Ass but he is Truly his own man.
What would the Republican Party too if their Candidate isn't a puppet

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3. He is a wildcard. The GOP work hard and spend alot to make sure their politicians are in lockstep.

Trump refuses to follow the script. And the base is liking it.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Trump is not the way Republicans will win the White House, regardless of how good

for Fox's ratings he is.

[Heather MC]

4. No he won't but it's fun watching Fox and the RNC squarm

[BillZBubb]

5. They fear they can't control him. He's a rogue clown.

All of the other clowns are good at following orders.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. Why did you call women names?

Why did you give to Democrats?

When did you become a Republican?

Where's your proof that the Mexican government is sending criminals to the U.S.?

Why did you declare bankruptcy?'


Huckabee got softball after softball:

Millions of people agree with your position on same sex marriage, so how do you convince independents you are right?

The government is too big Mr. Huckabbe but is it too big for any President to shrink?

Gov. Huckabee, women and transgender people are moving into positions in the military. How would you handle that?


Most disappointing to me is that virtually no one on MSNBC criticized Fox News' handling of the debate in their attempt to twist and orchestrate public opinion. I've never seen anything so blatantly biased. But I guess MSNBC has their own corporate marching orders. I'm not a fan of Trump's and wouldn't want him anywhere near the Presidency. But I find Fox's behavior far, far more worrisome than any one candidate in their attempt to brain wash millions of potential voters and the fact no one seems to pay attention to it.

[Agnosticsherbet]

7. The Koch brothers don't want him.

Could Koch brothers take out Donald Trump?


No love from the Koch brothers